What is it about?
Performance of any wood thermoplastic composite is influenced by the interaction between wood fiber and the thermoplastic matrix. In prior studies, it was found that hot water treated wood fiber produces wood plastic composites with an improved interaction between fibers and a thermoplastic matrix. This paper examines the rheological behavior between surface-lignin rich wood fiber resulting from hot water treatment and high-density polyethylene to explain the reason why hot water extracted fibers improve the interfacial behavior between the fibers and the thermoplastic matrix.
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Why is it important?
Knowing the reason for better interfacial bonding between treated wood fiber and thermoplastic matrix advances the knowledge to produce durable composite products for environmentally demanding applications.
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This page is a summary of: Interrelationship between lignin-rich dichloromethane extracts of hot water-treated wood fibers and high-density polyethylene (HDPE) in wood plastic composite (WPC) production, Holzforschung, January 2015, De Gruyter,
DOI: 10.1515/hf-2014-0309.
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